Poetry list
without trace
the imprint of love lies just out of our sight
we yearn for those marks that will burn ever bright
there has to be darkness in uncreate light
which makes our powers nothing in terms of love’s might
the strength of our days is both fragile and slight
we meet never stopping like ships in the night
the wake of our living a fast fading white
all legacies die if in water we write
there is nothing that lasts and that is our plight
with love and its truth there is no cause for fright
we are met and we’re raised to immeasurable height
it’s the soul that will last in love’s heady flight
© Neil Thompson 2023